2026 ALZ-ASNR Imaging Research Grant Recipients Announcement

The Alzheimer’s Association and The Foundation of the American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR) have announced the recipients of their joint funding program for imaging-related research. The goal of The Alzheimer’s Association & The Foundation of the American Society of Neuroradiology Funding Opportunity: Imaging research in Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases is to support the development of new novel imaging tools, advance imaging-based research, and provide funding for novel and innovative imaging data analysis pertaining to Alzheimer’s and related dementia.

Awardees, who each receive up to $200,000 for the one-year period of funding are:

JP Yu, MD, PhD
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Quantifying the dynamic cellular landscape of the brain in AD
ASNR member (pictured right)

Pedro Rosa-Neto, MD, PhD 
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UT Southwestern)
De novo design of Alzheimer’s Disease PET ligand binding sites    

Kai-Hsiang Chuang, PhD 
University of Queensland (UQ)     
Imaging whole-brain glymphatic function   

Ze Wang, PhD
University of Maryland, Baltimore    
Non-invasive non-contrast agent-based sensitive BBB imaging for ADRD